Senate roll call 622 · 118th Congress · Nov 18, 2024
Sparkle L. Sooknanan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
On Nov 18, 2024, the Senate voted 46–42 on “On the Motion to Proceed” (PN 1463). Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. By party: Democrats 44–0, Republicans 0–42, Independents 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 118th Congress (2023–2024), Joe Biden was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Proceed Agreed to
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Nov 18, 2024
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 42 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Laphonza Romanique Butler D-CA
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- George S. Helmy D-NJ
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Katie Elizabeth Britt R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Todd Young R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Eric Stephen Schmitt R-MO
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- John Peter (Pete) Ricketts R-NE
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Did not vote
- Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- James David Vance R-OH
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- Joe Manchin III I-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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